This rare and valuable account provides a fascinating insight into the Megaseismica La Zona Acambay-Tixma-deje in the State of Mexico in November 1912. The authors, Fernando Urbina and Heriberto Camacho, present a detailed account of the earthquake, its causes and effects, and the subsequent investigations into its impact.

The book is a first edition, manuscript copy, published by the Instituto Geologico de Mexico, and is written in Spanish. It is a must-have for any geologist, historian, or collector interested in earthquakes, South America, or Mexico. The book is in excellent condition for age and is an original print from 1913.  Further provenance information is available upon request.  This is an extremely rare account of this Historic Earthquake of 1912. 

 

This original manuscript is the first and foremost recognized account of the quake and it's completion marks all further investigations for years to come. Invaluable information in the form of hand drawn onionskin overlays, original seismic data records of all preshock, main shock and aftershocks. Photos taken at the scene, hand drawn as well as singularly published maps and data.  This is not a publication that was intended for public reproduction or sale but a an account that was originally bound and printed by Mexico for the Institute of Geology in Mexico City.  A unique opportunity to acquire the original bound record of a piece of scientific history.